AP Human Unit 1 Check #1

What is it called when you take a 3D image and put it onto a 2D surface?

• Cartogram
• Projection
• Globe
• Instagram

The idea that one's environment is responsible for who people are and how they live

• Positivism
• 'Merica
• Possibilism
• Environmental Determinism

The science of making maps

• cartography
• cartographer
• distortion

The scale of a map tells you....

• How much real distance is represented by units on the map
• Direction
• What the symbols mean

What is the measure of distance in degrees north and south from the equator?

• latitude
• longitude
• elevation
• topography

When the president makes a speech about the implementation of a new program; that is an example of ___________ diffusion

• hierarchial
• relocation
• cultural
• contageous

The branch of geography dealing with the spatial distribution of human activity and the interaction between human activity and the environment.

• Geography
• Physical Geography
• Human Geography
• Spatial Geography

The unique human and physical characteristics of a location on the Earth's surface. 

• location
• place
• site
• absolute location

An area on the Earth defined by the feelings and images about the cultural identity of the area. Tend to have unclear boundaries. 

• Perceptual/Vernacular region
• Formal/Uniform region
• Functional/Nodal region 

The exact location of a place on the earth.  usually given using latitude and longitude. 

• relative location
• absolute location